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handicapper at York I handicapped one of his lordship's 

 horses. He was one of the stewards at the meeting, 

 and was staying at the old York Station Hotel with 

 the late Lord Derby, Mr. Savile, and Colonel Forester, 

 who, I believe, is the only one of the party now alive. 

 After framing the handicap I went to the hotel and 

 showed it to Lord Glasgow. He looked at it, and said, 

 ' Mr. Johnson, I see you have given my horse 7 st. 2 lbs. 

 That is unfair to the public ; you must put 7 lbs. more 

 on him.' He then hurried away to the other end of the 

 room. Lord Derby said, 'Never mind, Mr. Johnson, 

 let him remain at 7 st. 2 lbs., and I'll bet Glasgow £30 

 to £10 he doesn't win.' Lord Glasgow got into a big 

 fuss, and I said to him, ' My lord, I think yours is only 

 a moderate horse.' Firing up, he repHed, ' How the hell 

 do you know ? ' As I was leaving the room, Mr. Savile 

 said, ' You had better put the 7 lbs. more on. If you 

 don't, he will order all his horses home again ; he's such 

 a strange fellow.' Feeling justified by Mr. Savile's 

 hint, I put the extra 7 lbs. on the horse, and he finished 

 last in the race. 



" He was a straightforward fellow Lord Glasgow, 

 but an extraordinary queer man. Some of our ov/ners 

 in the present day would not have acted as he did in 

 this instance. They would say, ' Take 7 lbs. off,' rather 

 than ' put 7 lbs. on.' I fancy the race to which the story 

 refers was the ' Consolation ' in '58. Lord Glasgow 

 was a man of high honour, and very wealthy, but an 

 unlucky man, considering that he kept so large a stud. 

 On one occasion Mr. Payne remarked to him, ' By God ! 

 Glasgow, you're an unlucky fellow.' * What ! ' he 

 rejoined, ' an unlucky man, and born with £120,000 a 

 year! ' 



" You'll see several good old sportsmen hanging on 

 my walls. There's a likeness of Mr. George Payne, and 



